1. Agree to the Google Editions Addendum

If you haven't already agreed to the Google Editions Addendum, the Google eBooks Addendum, or the Google Books and Google Play Books Agreement, you'll be given the option to do so the first time you visit the Payment Center. Click the Start selling your books on Google Play button to view the terms. If you agree, click the appropriate button.

2. Add a payment profile

If you created your account after July 2014, you may have been given the option to add a payment profile when first setting up your account. If this is the case, you've already completed this step.

Go to the Payment Center to add a payment profile. Enter your legal business address and complete sign-up. This step is required in order to sell books on Google Play.

If you see an error message about expired credentials, sign out of your Google Account, then sign in again.

Advanced options

If you wish to receive payments in multiple bank accounts, add additional payment profiles, one for each bank account.

4. Provide tax information (for U.S.-related sales)

In order to sell books in as many countries as possible, including the U.S., please submit tax information. Google may hold payments until you provide this information.

5. Add a sales territory

If you created your account after July 2014 and agreed to the Google Editions Addendum upon sign-up, your account includes a default sales territory with worldwide rights.

Sales territories indicate the countries where you can sell your books. Provide a comprehensive list of all countries where you want to sell books. The simplest option is to add a single sales territory for WORLD, which will allow you to sell books worldwide and receive payments into a single bank account. You'll also specify the payment profile (and thus the bank account) that should be used to collect payments for any sales in the sales territory.

If the payment profile has been recently created and doesn't display in the drop-down list when you're adding a new sales territory, try reloading the page. Your sales territory must be linked to a payment profile in order to be properly configured.

Advanced options

If you're subject to fixed pricing laws only in some countries, add a separate sales territory for those.

If you wish to receive payments in multiple bank accounts, add a separate sales territory for each bank account.

6. Enable currency conversion (optional)

If you created your account after July 2014, currency conversion is enabled by default.

If you plan to sell books in countries with different local currencies, you may wish to use our currency conversion tool. Books will only be sold in countries for which you've provided a price in the local currency. You can either directly provide the local price, or enable currency conversion and convert a price from a different currency.

7. Provide prices for your books

View each book in your catalog and enter prices on the Prices tab. For each price, specify a currency, the numeric amount, and the countries where you'd like this price to apply. If you've enabled currency conversion (see the previous step), then you can list countries that use different currencies than the one you've specified. You can also withhold prices to prevent sales of specific books in certain countries.

Advanced options

Provide prices for multiple books and in multiple currencies by using a spreadsheet.

8. Enable your books for sale

If your default settings aren't configured to automatically set books to go live, you'll need to enable your books for sale on Google Play. While viewing a book's details, click the Publish tab and click Ready to Publish. Select Publish to Google Play and Google Books. (If you've already published this book, the tab will be called Summary.)

9. Verify your bank account (for some countries)

If Google will pay you using wire transfers (based on your country), this step is not required. Otherwise, to receive payments, you'll need to verify your bank account. When you added your bank account details in one of the previous steps, Google sent a small deposit to you. It may take a few days to show up in your bank records, but once you know the amount, confirm it by editing the appropriate payment profile.

10. Verify your business information (for some countries)

If your bank is in one of the following countries, please provide additional information by filling out this form and entering the Merchant ID listed next to your payment profile.

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Once you've finished configuring your sales and payment settings, you may want to learn more about getting paid or sales reports.